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Steam News7 January 20265mo ago

Tournament Scoring Improvements Now Live

SCORING UPDATE We’ve applied several tuning updates to improve fairness and better reward strong competition.

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What changed

2 fixes1 addition2 changes0 removals
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  • Gameplay
  • Fixes
changedSCORING UPDATEWe’ve applied several tuning updates to improve fairness and better reward strong competition.
changedSCORING UPDATEWin streak bonus reduced
addedSCORING UPDATENew bonus for defeating higher-ELO opponents (part of the victory bonus)
fixed⚠️ WEEKLY LEADERBOARD NOTICEThe Weekly Score Page display is currently being fixed.
fixed⚠️ WEEKLY LEADERBOARD NOTICEDo not worry about weekly placements yet — we’ll confirm once the page is fully resolved

Wildcard changes

changedWe’ve applied several tuning updates to improve fairness and better reward strong competition.
changedWin streak bonus reduced
addedNew bonus for defeating higher-ELO opponents (part of the victory bonus)
fixedThe Weekly Score Page display is currently being fixed.
fixedDo not worry about weekly placements yet — we’ll confirm once the page is fully resolved

SCORING UPDATE

We’ve applied several tuning updates to improve fairness and better reward strong competition.

Changes

  • Win streak bonus reduced

  • New bonus for defeating higher-ELO opponents (part of the victory bonus)

  • Additional stat tuning to correct values that were spiking too high or too low

⚠️ WEEKLY LEADERBOARD NOTICE

The Weekly Score Page display is currently being fixed.

  • Weekly scores are tracking correctly

  • No action is needed from players

  • Do not worry about weekly placements yet — we’ll confirm once the page is fully resolved

Source

Steam News / 7 January 2026

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